Jacob has been one of those protracted babies. He loved being a baby, and he was a great baby. He slept a lot, he was quiet and cheerful, never fussy, never difficult, smiled a lot and brought happiness to all those he met. He was easy, a bonus baby you get for I don't know what, a real present from the Gods.
I fell head over heels in love with him. He's my cuddly wonderful baby.
Only, he's not a baby anymore. Just in the last week or so, he's transformed from baby to toddler, as if he knew that magic number "2" was coming up fast.
So now, when I put him down for his short nap around noon, and he's not sleepy, he doesn't cry in protest but swiftly climbs out of his crib when he's done with his milk, and comes down the stairs. He points out tractors in board books, and cats and cows. He can sit for hours and look at books. He loves anything that goes "vroom vroom", he loves chasing David and scaring the living daylights out of him. [He's a big kid, too. He weighs only one kilo shy of David who stopped eating sometime around his second birthday.] He walks out to the fig tree, climbs up a garden chair, and casually stuffs himself with ripe figs. When I ask a kiss of him, and he shakes his head, and then I pretend to pout, he runs to me, says "Sorry, Mommy" and kisses me. He can put his favorite DVD into the player, turn it on, turn the TV on, and sit and watch. He says "Danke" to me, "Thank you" to his father, "Shnorhakalutjun" to his nanny, and "Spassibo" to the maid.
What the hey?
He's still cuddly, especially when he just woke up. He needs hugs and kisses sprinkled throughout the day. He's still cute and wonderful.
But he's also loud and boisterous and very much a boy. And he's happy. There's really not much that is more important, right?
Happy Birthday, my little big boy.
Happy Birthday to your "baby" He's a baby no more !
Karoline
Posted by: karoline | October 04, 2007 at 11:00 PM
This comment relates to your reading list:
I love Alexander McCall Smith,am reading No 1 Ladies Detective Agency series right now, read + used Driven to Distraction yrs ago when I was a teacher, and think Tracy Kidder did a wonderful job on the life of Paul Farmer. (Wish there were more Paul Farmers in the world)
Karoline
Posted by: karoline | October 04, 2007 at 11:09 PM
Here come the twos, version 3. Enjoy! :-)
Posted by: Natalie | October 05, 2007 at 02:50 AM